Mafalda Basílio Monteiro dos Santos (29 August 1924 – 15 December 2024) was a Brazilian actress, active in the country's classic era.

Life and career

Santoro was born in

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on 29 August 1924. Fada began her career at a very young age, working as a dancer in the Alda Garrido Company and later as a

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in casinos in the 1940s. Her debut as an actress in cinema was at the end of the 1930s in the film ''O

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'', having made several appearances until becoming established in 1949 in the film ''A Escrava Isaura'', beginning the couple's cinematographic fame alongside the actor . They later starred in ''Pecado de Nina'' and ''Tocaia'', both from 1951. Due to her fame in

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, she was invited to participate in the Argentine films '' La Delatora'' (1955) and ''África Ríe'' (1956). She retired from acting in the late 1950s when she got married and dedicated herself to family. Santoro died in Rio de Janeiro on 15 December 2024, at the age of 100.

Filmography

* ''O Boca de Ouro'' (1957) * ''O Capanga'' (1957) - Angela * ''Africa Rie'' (1956) - Gloria * '' La Delatora'' (1955) - Celina Rodriguez * ''Detective'' (1954) * ''Nem Sansão Nem Dalila'' (1954) – Miriam * ''Neddle in the Haystack'' (1953) – Mariana * ''Forca Do Amor'' (1952) * ''Tocaia'' (1951) * ' (1951) - Teresa * ''O Pecado de Nina'' (1950) - Nina * ''Pra La de Bora'' (1949) * ''A Escrava Isaura'' (1949) - Isaura * ''Pif-Paf'' (1945) * ''Romance Poribido'' (1944) * '' Berlin to the Samba Beat'' (1944) * ''Maridinho de Luxo'' (1938) * ''

'' (1937)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santoro, Fada 1924 births 2024 deaths 20th-century Brazilian actresses Actors from Rio de Janeiro (state) Brazilian film actresses Brazilian stage actresses Brazilian women centenarians